TV reporters fired for responding to viewer criticism on Facebook

6:07 PM,
Dec. 12, 2012

Former KTBS weather reporter Rhonda Lee was fired last month. / Shreveport Times

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Shreveport Times

KTBS is facing public backlash after the station's firing of two employees over social media policy violations took a national stage.

Weather reporter Rhonda Lee and another "white male reporter who was an eight year veteran of the station" were fired on Nov. 28, according to the KTBS Facebook page. The Facebook post said they violated the station's written procedure for responding to criticism through social media.

Lee claims the firing follows at least two instances of responding to KTBS viewer ...